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NEOShield is a new international project that will assess the threat posed by Near Earth Objects (NEO) and look at the best possible solutions for dealing with a big asteroid or comet on a collision path with our planet.
The effort is being led from the German space agency's (DLR)
Institute of Planetary Research in Berlin, and had its kick-off meeting this week.
It will draw on expertise from across Europe, Russia and the US.'
- BBC,
NEOShield to assess Earth defence, 20 January 2012</blockquote>
Context<blockquote>Der Spiegel,
..Developing Asteroid Shield, 26 January 2012
Asteroid Threat to Earth Sparks Global 'NEOShield' Project, 26 January 2012
RailgunProject C, page 22
'..Earth Shield Project'</blockquote>